Update OpenGL (nvidia/ubuntu)

amsully

New Member
I thought I would post this as it seems 'obs crashs on start up' is very common.

I performed this with Ubuntu 14.04 on a GeForce GT750M .. It will work for other instances, but this is all I can test.

First: Don't immediately explain there graphics card is outdated/incompatible, they may not have pointed to there proprietary driver (in my case nvidia).

To Determine This Will Work Run:

Code:
lspci -vnn | grep -i VGA -A 12

If you see on the LAST LINE:

Code:
Kernel driver in use: nouveau


Then follow the instructions below for to replace nouveau with nvidia

http://www.binarytides.com/install-nvidia-drivers-ubuntu-14-04/

If you don't have an nvidia graphics card, google it for your brand. Also check that it is compatible (mine was compatible up to OpenGL 4.5 but nouveau had 2.1).

CAUTION: If you don't know what youre doing, you can easily crash and need to reinstall your environment
 
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